Discover the best tourist attractions of western Ukraine with Maria Zawaski! Maria is a freelance journalist, born on the West of Ukraine, got married to Canada. "Now, when I live abroad, I recommend to all my foreign friends to visit western part of my home country Ukraine. Why the western one - it is because I used to live there, so I am more familiar with that part of the country and I can tell lots of stories about the culture, lifestyle and traditions of Ukrainian West," Maria says

Both two world’s largest Easter Eggs are Ukrainian – one in Vegreville,
Canada, and one in Kolomyia,
Ukraine. Both called
Pysankas – Pysanka is a name of a painted Ukrainian Easter Egg. And, as I said,
both are largest Easter Eggs in the world! Vegreville’s Pysanka is 9 meters
high, and Kolomyia’s Pysanka is 14 meters high, take a look at the pictures:

The difference between both largest Easter Eggs is: if
Vergeville’s one is a monument to a Ukrainian Easter Egg, Kolomyia’s one is an
entrance to the PysankaMuseum.

I was in PysankaMuseum few times, but I never had a
chance to tell you more about this amazing place.

The PysankaMuseum
has over 10 000 exhibits, which are Easter Eggs from all over the world.
Majority of exhibits, of course, is Ukrainian Easter Eggs from different areas
of Ukraine and
different countries of the world, wherever Ukrainians live. Here is more info
about the Museum; I think it is time to take you to a little tour inside of
this giant Ukrainian Easter Egg :) I mean, the Museum. Pysankas, Pysankas,
Pysankas – everywhere! From different artists, of different colors and symbols,
geometrical and floral patterns:

As I said, there are LOTS of them in the Museum – Easter
Eggs made in traditional Ukrainian style. Kolomyia’s PysankaMuseum has the world’s biggest
collection of them. So, if you are admirer of traditional Ukrainian Pysankas,
you will have lots to see in the Museum.

Aren’t they cute, these two faces of girl and boy (or
girlfriend and boyfriend, I don’t know :) on an Easter Eggs? I have to admit
that boy’s face looks exactly like a typical West Ukrainian man’s type of face
(I grew up in western Ukraine,
so I know it).

Next my favorite was a straw decorated Easter Egg. Again, it
is a modern trend in an Easter Eggs making:

These two that I like so much are beaded ones:

Wow! And this one is very unusual, made in beaded-appliqué technique:

Next one, with adorable baby-chick on it, combines two
styles – embroidery and appliqué:

And next two… I don’t even know what they are made off, I
mean, what a name of this art. But they are so beautiful!

Except an Easter Eggs, the Pysanka Museum has much more to
show you, some different exhibits of Ukrainian art, like embroidery, rugs,
woodwork etc. Or like these two amazing corn dolls:

Also, the Museum regularly has exhibitions of known
Ukrainian artists. And if you want to buy some nice pieces of Ukrainian arts
and crafts, the Museum has a little craft store for you.

Location of the PysankaMuseum:

43 Chornovola St.

Kolomyia

Ivano-Frankivsk oblast’

The museum is open from 10
a.m. to 6 p.m. daily
except Monday.

The PysankaMuseum
is one of must-see tourist attractions of the western Ukraine
and Ukrainian Carpathians.

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If you are citizen of USA, Canada, European Union, Switzerland or Liechtenstein, you don’t need a TOURIST visa for travel to Ukraine. Decree about it was signed in 2005. Tourist visa to Ukraine means that you are going to stay in Ukraine not more than 90 days. So for your short term stay in Ukraine (less than 90 days) you just need to have a travel passport and to buy a ticket, that’s it.
P.S. The same rules work for the citizens of Japan, Andorra, Vatican, Iceland, Monaco, Norway and San Marino. People of these countries don’t need a tourist visa to Ukraine, too.